What is Barometer?

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.